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But while zafars mughal ancestors had controlled most of india, the aged zafar was king in name onlybahadur shah zafar ii, the last mughal emperor, was a mystic, a talented poet, and a skilled calligrapherthen in zafars flourishing capital became the centre of an uprising that reduced his beloved delhi to a battered, empty ruinthe last mughalis a portrait of the dazzling delhi zafar personified, the story of the last days of the great mughal capital and its final destruction in the catastrophe ofoxfam shop colne road at 4 pdeprived of real political power by the east india company, zafar nevertheless succeeded in creating a court of great brilliance, and presided over one of the great cultural renaissances of indian historythe siege of delhi was the rajs stalingrad: a fight to the death between two powers, neither of whom could retreatit is the first account to present the indian perspective on the siege, and has at its heart the stories of the forgotten individuals tragically caught up in one of the bloodiest upheavals in historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen zafar gave his blessing to a rebellion among the companys own indian troops, it transformed an army mutiny into the largest uprising the british empire ever had to facethe last mughalis an extraordinary revisionist work with clear contemporary echoeson a hazy november afternoon in rangoon, , a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of british soldiers to an anonymous grave in a prison enclosureas the british commissioner in charge insisted, no vestige should remain to distinguish where the last of the great moghuls restswilliam dalrymples powerful retelling of this fateful course of events is shaped from groundbreaking material: previously untranslated urdu and persian manuscripts that include indian eyewitness accounts, and the records of the delhi courts, police, and administration during the siege
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The siege of delhi was the raj&39;s stalingrad, the end of both mughal power and a remarkable culture&39; this mughal is bahadur shah zafar ii, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprisingoxfam bookshop cheltenham on a dark evening in november , a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the british commissioner in charge has insisted, &39;no vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the great mughals rests
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Victorious princess moonstone necklace's design, in particular, is a design from the older mughal times so it has that antique bohemian look to it
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From the landscape scrolls of classical china and the sculpture of the olmecs to african bronzes, japanese prints and mughal miniaturesgreat masterpieces are brought closer and made clearer than ever before, from cambodia's majestic angkor wat temple to michelangelo's exquisite basilica of st petertold by three presenters, each bringing their own skills and perspectives to the series - simon schama, mary beard and david olusogainspired by kenneth clark's groundbreaking series, it's an epic story of passion and struggle, introducing a new generation to classic works created across the continentsitem is pre-owned see oxfam website for delivery information read morecivilisations explores the visual culture of societies from around the globe, revealing alongside the magnificent objects made in the west the wealth of treasures created by other culturesoxfam emporium manchester this genre-defining series explores the history of civilisation through the prism of art
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The mughal empire was a "persian" empire spanning much of the indian subcontinentare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia detailed map of the region between afghanistan and pakistan to the west and western china to the east, showing most of india and stretching to the north, towards himalayas and to the indian ocean to the southour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit existed from the early 16th century until when the last emperor was deposed by the british and exiled to burma following the indian rebellioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The book brilliantly elaborates the complex encounter between india's sanskrit culture - which continued to flourish and grow throughout this period - and persian culture, which helped shape the delhi sultanate, the mughal empire and a host of regional states, and made india what it is todayoxfam books & music salisbury as new but for 1st page inscriptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Included here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusfrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peopleswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this eraaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforein travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translations
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